A disabled Omaha man is unable to leave his home after someone stole his motorized wheelchair.Alfred Diaz said he feels lucky to have a backup wheelchair, but with his diabetes and weekly dialysis, it's tough to push it around."The bones, they fragile," he said.Diaz lost his leg in 2006 after a work accident and complications from diabetes. He and his ex-wife and current caretaker, Mary Nagy, fought for Medicaid to pay for a powered chair."He was lucky to get it, and now it's gone," Nagy said.Diaz said it took him a year to get the motorized wheelchair."But that wheelchair would help me get around -- go to the store -- stuff like that," he said.Nagy said her garage door was closed when she got home about 10:30 p.m. Sunday night. She said it was almost all the way open when she came back about 8:30 a.m. Monday."I knew the minute I walked out here. I thought, 'Oh no,'" he said.Diaz's power wheelchair was gone."Who would take a wheelchair, you know?" Diaz said."I just think it's despicable, you know?" Nagy said.Diaz said he thinks the thief might be using his chair to sell as scrap metal. He said he wanted to believe that they were using it for something better."I hope they can use it more than I can, but I'd like it back, yeah," he said.Nagy said she hoped the thief would just return it."I just think that was an awful thing to do, and I really wish they'd just bring it back and just drop it off in the driveway," she said.The motorized wheelchair was worth about $2,000.Anyone with information regarding the theft is asked to contact police.

OMAHA, Neb. —

A disabled Omaha man is unable to leave his home after someone stole his motorized wheelchair.

Alfred Diaz said he feels lucky to have a backup wheelchair, but with his diabetes and weekly dialysis, it's tough to push it around.